Human Rights

For generations, editorial cartoons have been poking fun at those in power and holding them accountable for their actions. Kings, dictators, and other authority figures are often the target of...

What is the role of civil society in the developing contest in Kenya? Are CSOs disconnected from the society they seek to serve? What is the future of civil society...

Kenyan police officer Ahmed Rashid is expected in court on December 8, 2022, to face a murder charge after he was caught on video executing two suspected gangsters in March...

Throughout history, political cartoonists have been censored, jailed, and even killed because of their work. But this has not stopped editorial cartoonists from continuing to use their art to draw...

The trial of Bai Lowe, an alleged member of the notorious Junglers death squad set up by former President Yahya Jammeh, whose 22-year rule was marked by widespread human rights...

By Sanna Camara in Banjul, The Gambia You would be right to think that former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has led a charmed professional life. And once again,...

 Anyone with knowledge of Kenya’s electoral history is not surprised that the country’s National Cohesion and Integration Commission a little more than a year ago listed Nakuru, a town in...

“Cartoonists take sides… I take the side of justice… Our goal as cartoonists is influencing change.” The unapologetic description of his profession offered by Gado, the most syndicated political cartoonist...

The crimes against humanity indictment of a former Gambian army soldier in Germany has been hailed as an important step in international justice. In a joint press statement released on...

Former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been appointed to head an international commission of experts mandated to investigate allegations of violations and abuses of human rights, and humanitarian...